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April 17, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to waste ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near light-speed. But surprisingly, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission because it imposes an odd 'wobbling' motion on the companion ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB. The ...
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Apr. 15, 2024 — Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its current ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — An international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission from their astrospheres, and placed constraints on the ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A star's magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of exoplanets from observations by space telescopes such as Kepler, James Webb, or PLATO. Researchers ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — When astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were in for a surprise. Star pairs are typically very similar, like twins, but in HD 148937, one star ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have found that baby stars discharge plumes of gas, dust, and magnetic flux from their protostellar disk. The protostellar disk that surrounds developing stars are constantly penetrated ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar -- the Universe's most powerful magnets -- has revealed an unexpectedly complex ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — High sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster. The odd location and shape of this plasma defy all conventional explanations. Dubbed the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Linking analyses of the moon's gravity field with models of its earliest evolution, scientists tell a story of the moon turning itself inside out after it solidified from a primordial magma ocean. ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — Researchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — The CHEOPS space telescope is providing new information on the mysterious exoplanet WASP-76b. This ultra-hot giant is characterized by an asymmetry between the amount of light observed on its eastern ...
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Apr. 3, 2024 — A team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, this galaxy ...
Apr. 2, 2024 — One of the great mysteries of modern science is dark matter. We know dark matter exists thanks to its effects on other objects in the cosmos, but we have never been able to directly see it. And it s ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — New research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a star other than our ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — The ALMA radio telescope has detected more than 100 molecular species, including many indicative of different star formation and evolution processes, in a galaxy where stars are forming much more ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Astronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years away, has suddenly erupted, giving off plumes of gas every 8.5 days ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers found that the double-lobed object, which is officially named Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth and resembles a snowman, may have ancient ices stored deep within it from when the object ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Scientists captured images showing the development of turbulence as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) interacted with the ambient solar wind in the circumsolar ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Astronomers have measured the speed of fast-moving jets in space, crucial to star formation and the distribution of elements needed for life. The jets of matter, expelled by stars deemed 'cosmic ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — An orange dwarf star has yielded the tiniest 'starquakes' ever recorded, measured by an international team of ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — An Antarctic large-scale experiment is striving to find out if gravity also exists at the quantum level. An extraordinary particle able to travel undisturbed through space seems to hold the ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — New work aimed to study the star-forming gas in a single radio galaxy. Although the team didn't find any star-forming gas in the galaxy they were studying, they instead discovered other galaxies ...
Mar. 22, 2024 — Could life be found in frozen sea spray from moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter? New research finds that life can be detected in a single ice grain containing one bacterial cell or portions of a cell. ...
Mar. 22, 2024 — How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new study gives scientists a better idea of how our own solar system came to ...
Mar. 21, 2024 — A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students to use backpack-sized digital smart telescopes. ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — The first generation of stars transformed the universe. Inside their cores, simple hydrogen and helium fused into a rainbow of elements. When these stars died, they exploded and sent these new ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — Astronauts have been able to track their muscle health in spaceflight for the first time using a handheld device, revealing which muscles are most at risk of weakening in low gravity conditions. ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — Dark matter is one of science's greatest mysteries. Although it is believed to make up about 85 percent of the cosmos, scientists know very little about its fundamental nature. Research provides ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Astronomers Conduct First Search for Forming Planets With New Space Telescope
- Persistent Hiccups in a Far-Off Galaxy Draw Astronomers to New Black Hole Behavior
- Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole
- Distant 'space Snowman' Unlocks Mystery of How Some Dormant Deep Space Objects Become 'ice Bombs'
- Turbulence Within Solar Transients Imaged
- 'Cosmic Cannibals' Expel Jets Into Space at 40 Percent the Speed of Light
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Tiniest 'starquake' Ever Detected
- Scientists on the Hunt for Evidence of Quantum Gravity's Existence at the South Pole
Monday, March 25, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Signs of Life Would Be Detectable in Single Ice Grain Emitted from Extraterrestrial Moons
- James Webb Space Telescope Captures the End of Planet Formation
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- High School Students Contribute to Exoplanet Discovery
- Scientists Find One of the Most Ancient Stars That Formed in Another Galaxy
- Pioneering Muscle Monitoring in Space to Help Astronauts Stay Strong in Low-Gravity
- Astrophysicist's Research Could Provide a Hint in the Search for Dark Matter
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Monday, March 18, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Cheers! NASA's Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
- Do Astronauts Experience 'space Headaches'?
- Explaining a Supernova's 'string of Pearls'
- Giant Volcano Discovered on Mars
- Satellites for Quantum Communications
- Study Brings Scientists a Step Closer to Successfully Growing Plants in Space
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Scientists Propose New Theory That Explains Sand Ripples on Mars and on Earth
- Ultrablack Coating Could Make Next-Gen Telescopes Even Better
Monday, March 11, 2024
- Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 With NASA's Webb
- Nasa’s Webb, Hubble Telescopes Affirm Universe’s Expansion Rate, Puzzle Persists
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Interstellar Signal Linked to Aliens Was Actually Just a Truck
- Baby Quasars: Growing Supermassive Black Holes
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Finding New Physics in Debris from Colliding Neutron Stars
- Astronomers Spot Oldest 'dead' Galaxy Yet Observed
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Space Tourism? Cosmic Radiation Exposure
- Groundbreaking Survey Reveals Secrets of Planet Birth Around Dozens of Stars
Monday, March 4, 2024
- JWST Captures the End of Planet Formation
- Webb Unlocks Secrets of One of the Most Distant Galaxies Ever Seen
- Study Determines the Original Orientations of Rocks Drilled on Mars
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Ice Shell Thickness Reveals Water Temperature on Ocean Worlds
- Astronomers Reveal a New Link Between Water and Planet Formation
- Astronomers Discover Heavy Elements After Bright Gamma-Ray Burst from Neutron Star Merger
- Could Fiber Optic Cable Help Scientists Probe the Deep Layers of the Moon?
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- 'Cosmic Lighthouses' That Cleared Primordial Fog Identified With JWST
- Biomolecules from Formaldehyde on Ancient Mars
Monday, February 26, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Webb Finds Evidence for Neutron Star at Heart of Young Supernova Remnant
- Brightest and Fastest-Growing: Astronomers Identify Record-Breaking Quasar
- Three Years Later, Search for Life on Mars Continues
- New Realistic Computer Model Will Help Robots Collect Moon Dust
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Little Groundwater Recharge in Ancient Mars Aquifer, According to New Models
- Black Hole at Center of the Milky Way Resembles a Football
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Evidence of Geothermal Activity Within Icy Dwarf Planets
- Diverse Ancient Volcanoes on Mars Discovered by Planetary Scientist May Hold Clues to Pre-Plate Tectonic Activity on Earth
- A Star Like a Matryoshka Doll: New Theory for Gravastars
Friday, February 9, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Mimas' Surprise: Tiny Moon of Saturn Holds Young Ocean Beneath Icy Shell
- Astrophysicists Crack the Case of 'disappearing' Sulphur in Planetary Nebulae
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- A Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Not So Far Away
- Newly Discovered Carbon Monoxide-Runaway Gap Can Help Identify Habitable Exoplanets
- Understanding the Moon's History With Chang'e-5 Sample
- Which Came First: Black Holes or Galaxies?
Friday, February 2, 2024
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies
- Researchers Spying for Signs of Life Among Exoplanet Atmospheres
- Astronomers Spot 18 Black Holes Gobbling Up Nearby Stars
- Cosmic Building Blocks of Life Discovered Through the Electron Microscope
Friday, January 26, 2024
- Confirmation of Ancient Lake on Mars Builds Excitement for Perseverance Rover's Samples
- Astronomers Unravel Mysteries of Planet Formation and Evolution in Distant Planetary System
- Stars Travel More Slowly at Milky Way's Edge
- 'Old Smokers' and 'squalling Newborns' Among Hidden Stars Spotted for First Time
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- Lightest Black Hole or Heaviest Neutron Star? MeerKAT Uncovers a Mysterious Object in Milky Way
- Moon Rocks With Unique Dust Found
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Astronomers Detect Oldest Black Hole Ever Observed
- The Metalens Meets the Stars
- Study Delivers Detailed Photos of Galaxies' Inner Structures
- Space Solar Power Project Ends First in-Space Mission With Successes and Lessons
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- Astronomers Produce Most Sensitive Radio Image Ever of Ancient Star Cluster
- Discovery Changes Understanding of Water's History on the Moon
Monday, January 15, 2024
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Our Surprising Magnetic Galaxy
- Surprise Gamma-Ray Feature Beyond Our Galaxy
- Astronomers Make Rare Exoplanet Discovery, and a Giant Leap in Detecting Earth-Like Bodies
- Potential Solvents Identified for Building on Moon and Mars
- NASA's Webb Discovers Dusty 'cat's Tail' In Beta Pictoris System